Carpet-beating frame.



No.-686,552. Patented Nov. l2, l90l.

.1. SMITH. CARPET BEATING FRAME.

(Application filed Mar. 30, 1901.)

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JOSEPHINE SMITH, or JACKSONVILLE: ILLINOIS.

CARPET-BEATENG FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 110,686,552 dated Novemher 12, 1901.

Appl -.ion

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Be it known that I, JOSEPHINE SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jackson ville, in the county of Morgan and State of space when not in use.

Afurthe'robjeet is to provide a collapsible carpetholding frame for domestic use wherein the employment of nails or screws can bedispensed with.

Many other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and pointed outin the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View illustratingthe use of myimprovenient. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same, taken on the line A A. of Fig. 5. Fig. 3 represents detail perspective views of details to be hereinafter referred to. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the frame with the carpet removed. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section on the line 15 l of Fig. 2, and Fig. (5 is a perspective view of the frame folded.

The same numerals refer to like parts in all the figures.

1 represents two end frames, comprising posts 2 and transverse sills 3. The sills 3 fit wedges (3 are driven therein to rigidly hold said sills and the posts together.

Connecting the sills 3 of theframes l is a platform composed of spaced-apart longitudinal bars 7, provided with notches 8 to fit over the edges of the sills 2. These bars 7 are so notched that the space between the two end frames may be increased ordeal-eased as the circumstances may warrant.

The posts of the end frames 1 are provided with mortises 10, which are positioned above and at right angles to the mortises 5 to receive the side rails 11. The rails are provided with a series of openings 11, one of which (when. the rail is in position) coincides with an opening in one of the posts, and'throngh these March 30,, 1901. Serial No. 63,707. (No model.)

ope" ings I pass pins l2 for locking the rails and the posts together.

the posts are notched to receive rollers or drums 13, which have handleisl5 and jour-' nals 16 near the ends, and therebet'ween are pins 17 for securing the ends of the carpet 14;, and adjacent these pins are placed numbers, so that thefends of the carpet maybe pin nedevenl y to the oppositerollers.

, The parts thus assembled, substantially as follows:

one end is fastened to one of the'rollers or 'drums by means of the pins, and is rolled thereon until the other end comes 'intoposition to be fastened to the pins of the same number on the opposite roller or drum, whereupon said-rollers or drums are revolved until the carpet is tight, and is retained in this position by pins 20, fitting in suitable holes located in the path of the handles 15. The carpet is therefore horizontal while being cleaned, and the natural tendency of the dust will be to fall to the ground between the bars- 7, which will prevent the dust from fiyingin the vicinity of the cleaning. After beating one side of the carpet it is rolled on one of the rollers and the position of said roller is reversed to turn up the other side of the carpet. The same operation as above described is then repeated.

When it isdesired to increase or decrease the distance between the two rollers for a longer or shorter carpet, as ,the case might be, the pins 12 are removed, the bars 7 disengaged, and the frames adjusted. Now the pins are again fitted in the holes and the side rails secured, the bars 7 dropped and locked to the transverse sills, and the frame is ready to receive the carpet.

When the frame is not in use, it can be knocked down. and folded into a comparatively small space. The side rails are with drawn from the posts, the wedges holding the transverse sills are released and said sills disengaged from their seats, and the bars 7 and the rollers are removed, and the whole IO'C fraineis rolled up and tied together.

\Vhile I prefer to beat the carpet while it is in a horizontal position, it is evident one set of end posts may be made slightly taller than the other not, and the carpet will be The upper ends of.

the'opera tio'n is The carpet to be. beaten is delivered to the platform 7. Then 25 the combination prising side posts, transverse bars fitting in- 50 the upper tilted at an incline. Under som'o circumstances this may be preferable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In an apparatus of the class described,

the combination with two end frames, rollers.

or drums mounted thereon which carry means for securing aearpet,side rails,said end frames sliding on said side rails, whereby the space between the end frames may be increased or decreased, and means for locking the side rails and end frames together, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus of the class described,

I5 the combination with two end frame s, rollers Qrdru'ms mounted thereon which carry nieans securing a carpet, a platform composed of 'J spaced-apart notched bars connecting said frames, and side rails connecting the ends of the end frames, said side rails and the conn'ecting-bars being capable-of being adjusted to increase ordecrcase the space between the end fgrmes, substantially as described.

3. In an apparatus of the class described,

with 'two end frames, com- Iiran ap 'ia'ratus of the class described, the combination with two end frames, rollers or drums carried thereby, means for holding said drums in a locked position against rotation, side-rails passing through 'mortises and connecting'said end frames, said side rails havinga series of openings, a perforation being made in the end frames adjacent the mortises, and pins passing through the openings in the side rails and the perforations in the end frames for locking the end frames and the side rails together, substantially asdcscribed.

5. In an apparatus of the class described,

the combination with side rails, two endframes, rollers or drums mounted thereon which carry means for securing the carpet, the end frames being slidably mounted on the side rails, means for loclring the end frames and side rails together, a platform mounted below the drums and connecting the end frames, and means whereby the platform can be locked in position after the end frames have been adjusted, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPHINE SMITH.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. VICKERY, CnAs. A. BARNES. 

